Ball-cock



0. H. JONES.

' BALL COCK. APPLICATION FILED MAR. I. 1919.

1,312,329. Patnted Augi5, 19151 mvgzvron. Owen /7. ]57zes fr ORNEY.

UNITED STATES .QFF CE OWEN H. JONES, orHARTFoRn, connn ciqrouri BALL-coc f I I i 1 312,329 7 j Specification of Letters Patent. P t nt d Au 5, 1919-, Application filed March 1, 1919." ser'iai'na-z'so'ose.

To all whom z't may-concern: an opening between the hood and the neck, Be it known that I, OWEN JON-Es, a or a flange 11 thereon. Lugs l2 projectincitizen of the United States, residing in ward-ly from opposite side parts 13 of the Hartford, in the county of Hartford and hoodyat the bottom to bear against the edge State of Connecticut, have invented anew of the neck or a flange thereon, said hood and Improved Ball Cock,'of' which the fal being open at the front as wellas at the lowing is a specification. bottom. The sides 13 of the hood are spaced My invention relates to the class of deapart sufficiently to receive ears 14, between vices employed for automatically controlwhich the float rod 8 is pivoted, a pin 15 ling flow ofliquid to a receptacle, and an supporting said rod extending through the object of my invention, among others, is to sides 13 to removably secure the hood in provide a device of this class that shall be place. A rib 17 is formed on the upper wall particularly efficient in its operation and of the hood to prevent the liquid from spurtthat shall prevent objectionable escape of ing out through the opening at the front of 7 liquid during the operation of the device. the hood, and liquid escaping, along the One form of device embodying my invenplunger into the hood may freely pass out at tion and in the construction and use of the opening 16 at the bottom. of the hood, which the objects herein set out, as well as Whenever the liquid lowers sufliciently withothers, may be attained, is illustrated in the in the tank to permit this. accompanying drawings, in which In" accordance with the provisions of the igure 1 is a view in elevation of a ball patent statutes, I have described the princicock embodying my invention with parts out ples of operation of my invention together away to show construction. with the device which I now consider to rep- Fig. 2 is a. View in elevation of my imresent the best embodiment thereof; but I provide device viewed from a point located desire to have it understood that the device 0 at right angles to the point of view of Fig. 1. Shown is only illustrative and that the in- Fig. 3 is a side view of the hood. vention may be carried out by other means.

Fig. 4 is a. bottom view of the same. I cla1m In the use of ball cocks, and especially 1. A ball cock including a case, a plunger th l y d t ntrol up ly of li uid projecting through one Wall thereof, a float to a tank or receptacle, it is desirable that rod supported by said case, and a hood sethe plunger 5 shall loosely fit Within the neck cured to the end of the case and overlying 6 of the valve case 7 this in order that small the end of said plunger to obstruct spurting pieces of sand or dirt that may be present in of l1 qu1d from said case and means for rethe liquid will not obstruct free movement talnlng said hood in place. of the plunger in its operation by a float on 2. A ball cock including a case, a plunger th fl t d 8, I akin th plung r pro ecting through one wall thereof, a float loose for this purpose, however, another and rod, a hood to overlie the end of said plunserious fault is encountered in that liquid ger to obstruct spurting of liquid from the will be forcibly ejected from the top of the .case, and a pivot pin pivotally securing said neck 6 and out at the top of the tank, and rod on the case and removably securing said it is to obviate this objectionable result that hood in place.

I have devised means for preventing spurt 3. A ball COck including a case, a plunger ing of the liquid out of the tank, flow to projecting through one wall thereof, a hood which is controlled by my improved ball secured to the end of the case and overlying cockthe end of said plunger, lugs projecting The improved device herein shown for from the inner side of the hood to support it accomplishing this result consists of a hood in position on the case, and means for re- 9, formed to removably fit the end of the movably securing the hood in place.

neck of a ball cook of common construction, 4. A ball cock including a case, a plunger said hood having a lug l0 projecting from projecting through one wall thereof, a hood its interior surface near the bottom edge in secured to the end of the case and overlying position to rest upon the end of the neck 6, the end of said plunger, a lug projecting the opening through the bottom of the hood from the inner side of the hood to support being of a size and shape preferably to leave it against vertical movement, a lugprojecting from said hood to support it against horizontal movement, and means for removably securing the hood in place.

5. A ball cock including-a-case,- a plunger projecting through one Wall thereof, a hood reniovably secured to the end of the case and overlying the end of said plunger to obstruct Spurting of liquid from said case, and a rib at the top of the hood on its inner side to obstruct spur-ting of Water from said hood. r 4 V 6. A ball cock including a case, a plunger projectingthro-ugh one Wall thereof, a hood' having walls surrounding the end of the copies of this patent may be obtained for projecting movably" securing the hood, in place.

OWEN H. JONES.

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